List of the Counts of Joigny

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Joigny Castle

Counts of Joigny with the main town of Joigny in today's Yonne department were:

House Joigny

• Geoffroy I, † around 1042, Count of Joigny
• Geoffroy II, whose brother?

• Étienne de Vaux , † around 1060
• Geoffroy III. , † 1080, his son
• Geoffroy IV. , † 1095, his son
• Renaud III. , † 1150, his son
• Gui, his son
• Renaud IV. , 1137/71 attests, his brother
• Guillaume I , † 1221, his son
• Pierre, † 1222, his son
• Guillaume II, † before 1248, his brother
• Guillaume III., 1248/61 attested, his son
• Jean I., X 1283, his son
• Jean II, attested in 1305, his son
• Jeanne, † 1336, his daughter;
  • ⚭ 1314 Charles I (II.) Of Valois , X 1346 in the battle of Crécy , 1326 Count of Alençon , Chartres , Le Perche , Porhoet , Joigny (childless)
• Simon de St. Croix, maternal grandson of Guillaume III; Count of Joigny 1336–1338; sold his rights to the Noyers family

House Noyers

• Milon I (VI.) "Le Grand", Count of Joigny 1338/1346; † 1350; Lord of Noyers; Marshal of France
• Jean III (I.) de Noyers, X 1361, Count of Joigny, his son
• Milon II. (IX.) De Noyers, † 1376, Count of Joigny, his son
• Milon III. (X.) de Noyers, † 1376, Count of Joigny, his son
• Jean IV. (III.) De Noyers, † 1393 on the Bal des Ardents , Count of Joigny, his son
• Louis de Noyers, † 1416, Count of Joigny, his brother
• Marguerite de Noyers, † 1423, 1416 Countess of Joigny, his sister

House La Trémoille

• Guy VII. De la Trémoille, † before 1438, Count of Joigny, her husband
• Louis de la Trémoille, † 1467, 1438 Count of Joigny, his son
• Jeanne II., † 1454, his sister, ⚭ Jean de Châlon-Arlay, lord of Viteaux

House Chalon

• Charles I, † 1485, Count of Joigny, their son
• Charlotte, †?, Countess of Joigny, his daughter
  • ⚭ 1480 Adrien de St. Maure, Count of Néelle, † 1504
  • ⚭ François d'Alègre, Seigneur de Precy

House of Saint Maure

• Jean V., † 1526, Count of Joigny and Néelle, Charlotte's son from his first marriage
• Charles II., †?, Count of Joigny and Néelle, his son
• Louis III, † 1572, Count of Joigny and Néelle, his brother
• Charles III, † 1576, Count of Joigny and Néelle, his son
• Louise, †?, Countess of Joigny and Néelle, daughter of Jean V.
  • ⚭ 1536 Gilles II. De Montmorency-Laval, Vice Count of Brosse, † 1559

Montmorency

• Jean VI., † 1576, Count of Joigny and Maillé , Marquis de Nesle , their son
• Guy, † 1590, Count of Joigny, Marquis de Nesle, his son
• Gabrielle, † 1616, Countess of Joigny, sister of Jean VI.

Gabrielle de Montmorency-Laval sold her rights to Joigny to the Gondi family in 1606.

House Gondi

• 1603–1626: Philippe Emmanuel de Gondi, † 1662, Count of Joigny, Marquis des Isles d'Or
• 1626–1676: Pierre de Gondi, † 1676, 3rd Duke of Retz , Count of Joigny, his son
• 1676–1677: Catherine de Gondi, † 1677, Countess of Joigny, his widow
• 1677–1716: Paule Marguerite Françoise de Gondi, † 1716, Countess of Joigny, daughter of the aforementioned
  • ⚭ François Emmanuel de Blanchefort de Bonne de Créquy, 4th Duke of Lesdiguières, † 1681 ( House of Blanchefort )

House Neufville

• 1716–1730: François de Neufville , 2nd Duke of Villeroy, Count of Joigny, first cousin of the 4th Duke of Lesdiguières
• 1730–1734: Nicolas de Neufville, 3rd Duke of Villeroy, Count of Joigny, his son
• 1734–1766: Louis François "Le Duc de Retz", 4th Duke of Villeroy, Count of Joigny, his son
• 1766–1794: Gabriel Louis, 5th Duke of Villeroy, 2nd Duke of Alincourt, Count of Joigny, his nephew

On April 24, 1794, the last Duke of Villeroy and Count of Joigny was guillotined in Paris . Four years earlier, the county of Joigny was incorporated into the Yonne department .